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London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Stagsden, Bedfordshire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire [1]

Brampton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Buckhurst Hill Essex [1]

Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1]

Bygrave Hertfordshire [1]

Cheadle [1]

Doolittle Cottages, Nash Mills, Apsly, Herts [1]

Eccles Lancashire [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Ford End, Great Waltham, Essex [1]

Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [1]

Grimsbury, Banbury [1]

Harpenden, Herts [1]

Hethersett Norfolk [1]

Heydon, Essex [1]

Holkham Norfolk [1]

Horley, Surrey [1]

Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Ipswich [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Itchen, Hants [1]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [1]

King's Cliffe, Northants [1]

King's Lynn [1]

Kings Walden, Hertfordshire [1]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [1]

Linton, Cambs [1]

Long Marston, Tring, Herts [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Marlborough Pewsey Wiltshire [1]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [1]

Mile End, London [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Northampton [1]

Olney [1]

Olney, Bucks [1]

Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Polegate [1]

Port Vale, Hertfordshire [1]

Sheering Essex [1]

St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [2744]

Serjeant [148]

Corporal [132]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Lance Corporal [72]

Lieutenant [62]

Acting Corporal [46]

Captain [37]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Driver [20]

Gunner [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Major [14]

Sapper [14]

Acting Lance Corporal [12]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Drummer [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Regimental Serjeant Major [6]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Private /Lance Corporal [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Transport Corporal [4]

Acting Lance Serjeant [3]

Captain and Quarter Master [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master and Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private /Acting Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3295]

Hertfordshire Regiment [508]

Bedfordshire Regiment [475]

Essex Regiment [411]

Northamptonshire Regiment [289]

Norfolk Regiment [255]

Labour Corps [130]

The Queen's Regiment [101]

London Regiment [82]

East Surrey Regiment [76]

Suffolk Regiment [76]

North Staffordshire Regiment [68]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Middlesex Regiment [57]

South Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Royal Sussex Regiment [47]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Worcestershire Regiment [27]

East Kent Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

West Riding Regiment [22]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Household Battalion [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Service

British Army [3338]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [386]

S [324]

C [318]

W [306]

H [295]

M [219]

G [172]

P [165]

D [159]

R [159]

F [141]

T [137]

L [131]

A [92]

E [78]

J [71]

K [69]

N [43]

O [27]

Y [17]

V [16]

I [10]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3334]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

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London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Stagsden, Bedfordshire [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkdale, Lancashire [1] Brampton, Huntingdonshire [1] Buckhurst Hill Essex [1] Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1] Bygrave Hertfordshire [1] Cheadle [1] Doolittle Cottages, Nash Mills, Apsly, Herts [1] Eccles Lancashire [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Ford End, Great Waltham, Essex [1] Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [1] Grimsbury, Banbury [1] Harpenden, Herts [1] Hethersett Norfolk [1] Heydon, Essex [1] Holkham Norfolk [1] Horley, Surrey [1] Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Ipswich [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Itchen, Hants [1] Kempston, Bedfordshire [1] King's Cliffe, Northants [1] King's Lynn [1] Kings Walden, Hertfordshire [1] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [1] Linton, Cambs [1] Long Marston, Tring, Herts [1] Loose, Kent [1] Marlborough Pewsey Wiltshire [1] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [1] Mile End, London [1] New Cross, London [1] Northampton [1] Olney [1] Olney, Bucks [1] Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Polegate [1] Port Vale, Hertfordshire [1] Sheering Essex [1] St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [2744] Serjeant [148] Corporal [132] Second Lieutenant [73] Lance Corporal [72] Lieutenant [62] Acting Corporal [46] Captain [37] Acting Serjeant [33] Driver [20] Gunner [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Major [14] Sapper [14] Acting Lance Corporal [12] Colour Serjeant [12] Company Serjeant Major [11] Drummer [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Captain [6] Regimental Serjeant Major [6] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Private /Lance Corporal [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Transport Corporal [4] Acting Lance Serjeant [3] Captain and Quarter Master [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Quarter Master and Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Pioneer [2] Private /Acting Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3295] Hertfordshire Regiment [508] Bedfordshire Regiment [475] Essex Regiment [411] Northamptonshire Regiment [289] Norfolk Regiment [255] Labour Corps [130] The Queen's Regiment [101] London Regiment [82] East Surrey Regiment [76] Suffolk Regiment [76] North Staffordshire Regiment [68] Royal Fusiliers [64] Middlesex Regiment [57] South Staffordshire Regiment [53] Royal Sussex Regiment [47] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Cambridgeshire Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Worcestershire Regiment [27] East Kent Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [26] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] Leicestershire Regiment [22] West Riding Regiment [22] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Household Battalion [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Service

British Army [3338] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [386] S [324] C [318] W [306] H [295] M [219] G [172] P [165] D [159] R [159] F [141] T [137] L [131] A [92] E [78] J [71] K [69] N [43] O [27] Y [17] V [16] I [10] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3334]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Thomas Edward Gregory

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 2301 Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2301 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2301 Lance Sergeant Hertfordshire 1st Battalion

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Percy Henry Huggins

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2701 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Alexander Burt

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 1665 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5984894 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Henry William Miles

Born 1881

Died 1940

British Army 9766 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269771 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269771 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Batallion

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William John Sanders

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 200621 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 67972 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army Sergeant Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Williamson

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 44063 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Horace Leonard Bavington

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2145 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265306 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265306 Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter William Flanders

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 2426 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2426 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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George William Cash

Born 1895

British Army 12591 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th bedford Battalion

British Army 12591 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 12591 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred Jack Glenister

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1921 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265198 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265198 Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment

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Vernon Batchelor

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1847 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 1847 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1847 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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George John Thatcher

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 11235 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 271017 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 271017 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Frederick Price

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army Quarter Master and Captain Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Edward Maurice Stonor

Born 1885

Died 1931

British Army Captain Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Thomas Badrick

Born 1894

Died 1984

British Army 2381 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 265420 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Hubert Charles Aldridge

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army 200145 Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Silas Williams

Born 1900

British Army 65397 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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John Thomas Matthews

Born 1901

Died 1919

British Army 11310 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Wrycroft

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army (Incomplete)8926 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 68195 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Ernest William Foster

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 46156 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion

British Army 25338 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

British Army 63330 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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